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	'''Veeragase''' is a dance form prevalent in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It is a vigorous dance based on [[Hindu mythology]] and involves very intense energy-sapping dance movements performed by [[Jangam]]a. Veeragase is one of the dances demonstrated in the [[Mysore Dasara\|Dasara]] procession held in [[Mysore]]. This dance is performed during festivals and mainly in the [[Hindu month]]s of Shravana and Karthika. It is performed at all important functions of [[~~Lingayat~~]] household.		\| image = LORD VEERABHADRA.jpg
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			'''Veeragase''' or '''Guggla''' is a dance form prevalent in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It is a vigorous dance based on [[Hindu mythology]] and involves very intense energy-sapping dance movements performed by [[Jangam]]a. Veeragase is one of the dances demonstrated in the [[Mysore Dasara\|Dasara]] procession held in [[Mysore]]. This dance is performed during festivals and mainly in the [[Hindu month]]s of [[Shravana (month)\|Shravana]] and [[Kartika (month)\|Karthika]]. It is performed at all important functions of [[Lingayats\|Veerashaiva]] Lingayat household. The Veeragase artists are called as puravanta in village side.

	==~~Lingayatism~~ and Veeragaase==		==Veerashaivism and Veeragaase/Guggla==
	The basic tenets of ~~Veeragase~~ are drawn from Veeragama (One of the 28 key Shaiva [[Āgama (Hinduism)\|Agama]]s) and usually Veeragaase performers during their acts will convey some stories from the main six Shaiva puranas like Shiva/Linga/Skanda/Agni/Matsya/Kurma - Puranas, and some Kannada Veerashaiva puranas like Girija Kalyana/Prabhulingaleele/Basava purana/Chennabasaveshwara charite...etc. Most popularly conveyed story is of Daksha-yajna.		[[File:Veeragaase 06.JPG\|thumb\|Veeragase on a street]]
			The basic tenets of Guggla are drawn from Veeragama (One of the 28 key Shaiva [[Āgama (Hinduism)\|Agama]]s) and usually Veeragaase performers during their acts will convey some stories from the main six Shaiva puranas like Shiva/Linga/Skanda/Agni/Matsya/Kurma - Puranas, and some Kannada Veerashaiva puranas like Girija Kalyana/Prabhulingaleele/Basava purana/Chennabasaveshwara charite...etc. Most popularly conveyed story is of Daksha-yajna.

	The custom of bringing Devagange (Gange taruvud - ಗಂಗೆ ತರುವುದು/Devaru taruvudu - ದೇವರು ತರುವುದು) into homes from nearby water-sources (usually from wells) is a tradition in [[Lingayat]] household for every important functions held (like Marriage, House-warming, Naming, Lingadhaarana <Lingayat-Baptism>...etc.), some [[Vokkaliga]]s in Karnataka also perform this custom - in this custom Veerabhadra is taken to please mother Ganga, Veeragaase is performed while bringing her home - in Veeraagama Ganga is considered to be the mother of Veerabhadra as he was sprouted out of Shiva's hairs and Ganga has taken residence on Shiva's head.		The custom of bringing Devagange (Gange taruvud - ಗಂಗೆ ತರುವುದು/Devaru taruvudu - ದೇವರು ತರುವುದು) into homes from nearby water-sources (usually from wells) is a tradition in Veerashaiva [[Lingayat]] household for every important functions held (like Marriage, House-warming, Naming, Lingadhaarana <Lingayat-Baptism>...etc.), some [[Vokkaliga]]s in Karnataka also perform this custom - in this custom Veerabhadra is taken to please mother Ganga, Veeragaase is performed while bringing her home - in Veeraagama Ganga is considered to be the mother of Veerabhadra as he was sprouted out of Shiva's hairs and Ganga has taken residence on Shiva's head.

	==Daksha Yajna==		==Daksha Yajna==
			[[File:Veeragaase 10.JPG\|thumb\|Veeragase on an indoor stage.]]
	''Veeragase'' gets its name from the [[Hindu]] legendary warrior lord - [[Veerabhadra]]; Ajaata putra (Non biological child - who didn't take birth formally) of lord Shiva. According to Puranas, the Hindu supreme deity Lord ~~Shrimanmahaa~~ Shankara ~~bhagavaan~~ ([[Shiva]]) was married to Sati(who is also known as ~~Daakshayini~~ - since she was the ~~favouritest~~ child of Daksha - He got maata [[Aadishakti]] incarnated as his child after doing long penance to her). Daksha(the prajapati - one of the eight [[manasputra]]s of Brahma and a stauch Vaishnavite - Vishnu happens to be his<Daksha's> grandfather in vasthu roopa) was against this marriage because Shiva had beheaded Brahma(Daksha's father) and being Moola-purusha Shiva actually didn't follow any rules(As he was nirguNi) designed by Daksha which made him not to belong to any of the class-categories classified by Daksha(being a Prajaapati, it was his duty to classify everybody from Lord Vishnu - to smallest organism)) and hence bore enmity with Lord [[Shiva]]; He married his favouritest daughter Sati to Lord Shiva after multiple insistence from his aaraadhya(celebrated) Lord Vishnu and his father Brahma. Added to this enmity Lord Shiva after marriage, did not do proper conventional(Conventions designed by Daksha in his Shaastras) reverence which is to be done by a son-in-law to his father-in-law, instead Lord Shiva blessed him for Daksha's prosperity; which yet enraged Daksha's ego, so he decided to perform a mahaa[[yagna]] to which he invited all except the Aadipurusha Lord Shiva himself. In vasthu roopa since Sati was Daksha's favourite child; she couldn't refrain from attending her father's greatest of yajnas. To this, much against [[Shiva]]'s wishes, Daakshayini went to the [[yagna]] uninvited, By then Daksha's favoritism for Sati was perished since she was vaamaangi(left part of the body) of his enemy and he used the situation to insult Mahadeva. Unable to bear the insults - She cursed her father for his ego and showed her nija rupa(as Adishakti); she cursed everybody from Vishnu to Brahma to each individual present over there; Even after many condolences from Vishnu and Brahma, Daakshayini got herself burnt with her own powerful radiance. Hearing this news, Mahaarudra Mahakaala Lord [[Shiva]] got very angry and started to perform the Rudra[[Tandava]] dance which created turmoil in the world. In this rage he created Veerabhadra and BhadrakaaLi out of his JaTa (tied hair-matts), who went to Daksha[[yagna]], disrupted it and beheaded Daksha, after defeating Vishnu, Bhaga, Poosha, Adityas...etc. When Daksha's wife pleaded mercy, he died and bestowed Daksha with a goat's head. This story is narrated by the dancers performing Veeragase.<ref name="myth">The mythology related to ''Veeragase'' is explained by {{cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/10/22/stories/09220331.htm\|title=Myth Retold\|author=V. R. Devika\|work=Online edition of the Hindu, dated 2001-10-22\|publisher=2001, The Hindu\|access-date=2007-04-29}}</ref>		''Veeragase'' gets its name from the [[Hindu]] legendary warrior lord - [[Veerabhadra]]; Ajaata putra (Non biological child - who didn't take birth formally) of lord Shiva. According to Puranas, the Hindu supreme deity Lord Shankara ([[Shiva]]) was married to Sati (who is also known as [[Dakshayini]] - since she was the favourite child of Daksha - He got maata [[Mahadevi\|Aadishakti]] incarnated as his child after doing long penance to her). Daksha(the prajapati - one of the eight [[manasputra]]s of Brahma and a stauch Vaishnavite - Vishnu happens to be his<Daksha's> grandfather in vasthu roopa) was against this marriage because Shiva had beheaded Brahma(Daksha's father) and being Moola-purusha Shiva actually didn't follow any rules(As he was nirguNi) designed by Daksha which made him not to belong to any of the class-categories classified by Daksha(being a Prajaapati, it was his duty to classify everybody from Lord Vishnu - to smallest organism)) and hence bore enmity with Lord [[Shiva]]; He married his favouritest daughter Sati to Lord Shiva after multiple insistence from his aaraadhya(celebrated) Lord Vishnu and his father Brahma. Added to this enmity Lord Shiva after marriage, did not do proper conventional(Conventions designed by Daksha in his Shaastras) reverence which is to be done by a son-in-law to his father-in-law, instead Lord Shiva blessed him for Daksha's prosperity; which yet enraged Daksha's ego, so he decided to perform a mahaa[[yagna]] to which he invited all except the Aadipurusha Lord Shiva himself. In vasthu roopa since Sati was Daksha's favourite child; she couldn't refrain from attending her father's greatest of yajnas. To this, much against [[Shiva]]'s wishes, Daakshayini went to the [[yagna]] uninvited, By then Daksha's favoritism for Sati was perished since she was vaamaangi(left part of the body) of his enemy and he used the situation to insult Mahadeva. Unable to bear the insults - She cursed her father for his ego and showed her nija rupa(as Adishakti); she cursed everybody from Vishnu to Brahma to each individual present over there; Even after many condolences from Vishnu and Brahma, Daakshayini got herself burnt with her own powerful radiance. Hearing this news, Mahaarudra Mahakaala Lord [[Shiva]] got very angry and started to perform the Rudra[[Tandava]] dance which created turmoil in the world. In this rage he created Veerabhadra and BhadrakaaLi out of his JaTa (tied hair-matts), who went to Daksha[[yagna]], disrupted it and beheaded Daksha, after defeating Vishnu, Bhaga, Poosha, Adityas...etc. When Daksha's wife pleaded mercy, he died and bestowed Daksha with a goat's head. This story is narrated by the dancers performing Veeragase.<ref name="myth">The mythology related to ''Veeragase'' is explained by {{cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/10/22/stories/09220331.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706072212/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/10/22/stories/09220331.htm\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=6 July 2007\|title=Myth Retold\|author=V. R. Devika\|work=Online edition of the Hindu, dated 2001-10-22\|publisher=2001, The Hindu\|access-date=2007-04-29}}</ref>

	==Performers==		==Performers==
	''Veeragase'' is to be performed only by the [[Jangama]] also called ~~[[Maheshwara]]s~~ - clan of [[Veerashaiva]]/[[Lingayat]] community. The performers of ''Veeragase'' are also called ''[[Jangam\|Lingadevaru]]''.<ref name="szcc">A description of the ''Veeragase'' dance form is provided by {{cite web\|url=http://www.szcc.tn.nic.in/05_folk/karnataka/Veeragase/veeragase.html\|title=Veeragase\|work=Online Webpage of South Zone Cultural Centre\|publisher=South Zone Cultural Centre, [[Thanjavur]], [[India]]\|access-date=2007-04-29 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070820075200/http://www.szcc.tn.nic.in/05_folk/karnataka/Veeragase/veeragase.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = 2007-08-20}}</ref> The dancers put on a white traditional headgear and a bright red coloured dress. They also adorn themselves with a necklace made of [[Rudraksha]] beads, a hip-belt called ''rudra muke'', an ornament resembling a snake and worn around the neck called ''Nagabharana'' and anklets.<ref name="dress">A description of the dress worn by ''Veeragase'' dancers is provided by {{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010500060300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040728211522/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010500060300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2004-07-28\|author=A. Chithraa Deepa\|title=Folk and fun\|access-date=2007-04-29\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2004-01-05}}</ref> The dancers smear ''[[vibhooti]]'' on their foreheads, ears and eyebrows. They carry a wooden plaque of Lord Veerabhadra in their left hand and a sword in their right hand.		''Veeragase'' is to be performed only by the [[Jangama]] also called Maheshwaras - clan of [[Veerashaiva]]/[[Lingayat]] community. The performers of ''Veeragase'' are also called ''[[Jangam\|Lingadevaru]]''.<ref name="szcc">A description of the ''Veeragase'' dance form is provided by {{cite web\|url=http://www.szcc.tn.nic.in/05_folk/karnataka/Veeragase/veeragase.html\|title=Veeragase\|work=Online Webpage of South Zone Cultural Centre\|publisher=South Zone Cultural Centre, [[Thanjavur]], [[India]]\|access-date=2007-04-29 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070820075200/http://www.szcc.tn.nic.in/05_folk/karnataka/Veeragase/veeragase.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = 2007-08-20}}</ref> The dancers put on a white traditional headgear and a bright red coloured dress. They also adorn themselves with a necklace made of [[Rudraksha]] beads, a hip-belt called ''rudra muke'', an ornament resembling a snake and worn around the neck called ''Nagabharana'' and anklets.<ref name="dress">A description of the dress worn by ''Veeragase'' dancers is provided by {{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010500060300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040728211522/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010500060300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2004-07-28\|author=A. Chithraa Deepa\|title=Folk and fun\|access-date=2007-04-29\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2004-01-05}}</ref> The dancers smear ''[[vibhooti]]'' on their foreheads, ears and eyebrows. They carry a wooden plaque of Lord Veerabhadra in their left hand and a sword in their right hand.

	Female artists do not traditionally perform this art, but females have started to be a part of stage performance of non-religious nature which merely as a folk dance .{{citation needed\|date=August 2012}}		Female artists do not traditionally perform this art, but females have started to be a part of stage performance of non-religious nature which merely as a folk dance .{{citation needed\|date=August 2012}}

	==Performance==		==Performance==
	The dance troop usually consists of two, four or six members. A lead singer in the troupe narrates the story of ''Daksha'' ''[[yajna]]'' as the dance is being performed.<ref name="dress" /> A huge decorative pole called ''Nandikolu'' which has an orange flag at the top is held by one of the dancers. Traditional percussion instruments called ''sambal'' and ''dimmu'' lend music to the dance. [[Cymbal]]s and [[shehnai]] and other instruments like ''karadi'' and ''chamala'' are also used. The dance also involves a ritualistic piercing of a needle across the mouth<ref name="pierce">A brief description of Veeragaase is provided by {{cite web\|url=http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1b.html\|author=S.A.Krishnaiah, Chief Co-ordinator (Research Wing), Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, [[Udupi]]\|title=Folk Arts - Music and Dance\|work=Online webpage of Udupipages.com\|publisher=2001, Shathabdi Graphics Pvt. Ltd., [[Udupi]]\|access-date=2007-04-29 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070102054226/http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1b.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = 2007-01-02}}</ref>		The dance troop usually consists of two, four or six members. A lead singer in the troupe narrates the story of ''Daksha'' ''[[yajna]]'' as the dance is being performed.<ref name="dress" /> A huge decorative pole called ''Nandikolu'' which has an orange flag at the top is held by one of the dancers. Traditional percussion instruments called ''sambal'' and ''dimmu'' lend music to the dance. [[Cymbal]]s and [[shehnai]] and other instruments like ''karadi'' and ''chamala'' are also used. The dance also involves a ritualistic piercing of a needle across the mouth.<ref name="pierce">A brief description of Veeragaase is provided by {{cite web\|url=http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1b.html\|author=S.A.Krishnaiah, Chief Co-ordinator (Research Wing), Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, [[Udupi]]\|title=Folk Arts - Music and Dance\|work=Online webpage of Udupipages.com\|publisher=2001, Shathabdi Graphics Pvt. Ltd., [[Udupi]]\|access-date=2007-04-29 \|url-status=usurped\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070102054226/http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1b.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> \|archive-date = 2007-01-02}}</ref>

			== See also ==
			* [[Dollu Kunitha]]
			* [[Yakshagana]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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Lingayatism and Veeragaase

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[[File:Mahila Veeragase.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Jangam Female artists performing Veeragase, just for performance (not traditional)]]
'''Veeragase''' is a dance form prevalent in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It is a vigorous dance based on [[Hindu mythology]] and involves very intense energy-sapping dance movements performed by [[Jangam]]a. Veeragase is one of the dances demonstrated in the [[Mysore Dasara|Dasara]] procession held in [[Mysore]]. This dance is performed during festivals and mainly in the [[Hindu month]]s of Shravana and Karthika. It is performed at all important functions of [[Lingayat]] household.

==Lingayatism and Veeragaase==
The basic tenets of Veeragase are drawn from Veeragama (One of the 28 key Shaiva [[Āgama (Hinduism)|Agama]]s) and usually Veeragaase performers during their acts will convey some stories from the main six Shaiva puranas like Shiva/Linga/Skanda/Agni/Matsya/Kurma - Puranas, and some Kannada Veerashaiva puranas like Girija Kalyana/Prabhulingaleele/Basava purana/Chennabasaveshwara charite...etc. Most popularly conveyed story is of Daksha-yajna.

The custom of bringing Devagange (Gange taruvud - ಗಂಗೆ ತರುವುದು/Devaru taruvudu - ದೇವರು ತರುವುದು) into homes from nearby water-sources (usually from wells) is a tradition in [[Lingayat]] household for every important functions held (like Marriage, House-warming, Naming, Lingadhaarana <Lingayat-Baptism>...etc.), some [[Vokkaliga]]s in Karnataka also perform this custom - in this custom Veerabhadra is taken to please mother Ganga, Veeragaase is performed while bringing her home - in Veeraagama Ganga is considered to be the mother of Veerabhadra as he was sprouted out of Shiva's hairs and Ganga has taken residence on Shiva's head.

==Daksha Yajna==

''Veeragase'' gets its name from the [[Hindu]] legendary warrior lord - [[Veerabhadra]]; Ajaata putra (Non biological child - who didn't take birth formally) of lord Shiva. According to Puranas, the Hindu supreme deity Lord Shrimanmahaa Shankara bhagavaan ([[Shiva]]) was married to Sati(who is also known as Daakshayini - since she was the favouritest child of Daksha - He got maata [[Aadishakti]] incarnated as his child after doing long penance to her). Daksha(the prajapati - one of the eight [[manasputra]]s of Brahma and a stauch Vaishnavite - Vishnu happens to be his<Daksha's> grandfather in vasthu roopa) was against this marriage because Shiva had beheaded Brahma(Daksha's father) and being Moola-purusha Shiva actually didn't follow any rules(As he was nirguNi) designed by Daksha which made him not to belong to any of the class-categories classified by Daksha(being a Prajaapati, it was his duty to classify everybody from Lord Vishnu - to smallest organism)) and hence bore enmity with Lord [[Shiva]]; He married his favouritest daughter Sati to Lord Shiva after multiple insistence from his aaraadhya(celebrated) Lord Vishnu and his father Brahma. Added to this enmity Lord Shiva after marriage, did not do proper conventional(Conventions designed by Daksha in his Shaastras) reverence which is to be done by a son-in-law to his father-in-law, instead Lord Shiva blessed him for Daksha's prosperity; which yet enraged Daksha's ego, so he decided to perform a mahaa[[yagna]] to which he invited all except the Aadipurusha Lord Shiva himself. In vasthu roopa since Sati was Daksha's favourite child; she couldn't refrain from attending her father's greatest of yajnas. To this, much against [[Shiva]]'s wishes, Daakshayini went to the [[yagna]] uninvited, By then Daksha's favoritism for Sati was perished since she was vaamaangi(left part of the body) of his enemy and he used the situation to insult Mahadeva. Unable to bear the insults - She cursed her father for his ego and showed her nija rupa(as Adishakti); she cursed everybody from Vishnu to Brahma to each individual present over there; Even after many condolences from Vishnu and Brahma, Daakshayini got herself burnt with her own powerful radiance. Hearing this news, Mahaarudra Mahakaala Lord [[Shiva]] got very angry and started to perform the Rudra[[Tandava]] dance which created turmoil in the world. In this rage he created Veerabhadra and BhadrakaaLi out of his JaTa (tied hair-matts), who went to Daksha[[yagna]], disrupted it and beheaded Daksha, after defeating Vishnu, Bhaga, Poosha, Adityas...etc. When Daksha's wife pleaded mercy, he died and bestowed Daksha with a goat's head. This story is narrated by the dancers performing Veeragase.<ref name="myth">The mythology related to ''Veeragase'' is explained by {{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/10/22/stories/09220331.htm|title=Myth Retold|author=V. R. Devika|work=Online edition of the Hindu, dated 2001-10-22|publisher=2001, The Hindu|access-date=2007-04-29}}</ref>

==Performers==
''Veeragase'' is to be performed only by the [[Jangama]] also called [[Maheshwara]]s - clan of [[Veerashaiva]]/[[Lingayat]] community. The performers of ''Veeragase'' are also called ''[[Jangam|Lingadevaru]]''.<ref name="szcc">A description of the ''Veeragase'' dance form is provided by {{cite web|url=http://www.szcc.tn.nic.in/05_folk/karnataka/Veeragase/veeragase.html|title=Veeragase|work=Online Webpage of South Zone Cultural Centre|publisher=South Zone Cultural Centre, [[Thanjavur]], [[India]]|access-date=2007-04-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070820075200/http://www.szcc.tn.nic.in/05_folk/karnataka/Veeragase/veeragase.html  |archive-date = 2007-08-20}}</ref> The dancers put on a white traditional headgear and a bright red coloured dress. They also adorn themselves with a necklace made of [[Rudraksha]] beads, a hip-belt called ''rudra muke'', an ornament resembling a snake and worn around the neck called ''Nagabharana'' and anklets.<ref name="dress">A description of the dress worn by ''Veeragase'' dancers is provided by {{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010500060300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040728211522/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010500060300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-07-28|author=A. Chithraa Deepa|title=Folk and fun|access-date=2007-04-29|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-01-05}}</ref> The dancers smear ''[[vibhooti]]'' on their foreheads, ears and eyebrows. They carry a wooden plaque of Lord Veerabhadra in their left hand and a sword in their right hand.

Female artists do not traditionally perform this art, but females have started to be a part of stage performance of non-religious nature which merely as a folk dance .{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

==Performance==
The dance troop usually consists of two, four or six members. A lead singer in the troupe narrates the story of ''Daksha'' ''[[yajna]]'' as the dance is being performed.<ref name="dress" /> A huge decorative pole called ''Nandikolu'' which has an orange flag at the top is held by one of the dancers. Traditional percussion instruments called ''sambal'' and ''dimmu'' lend music to the dance. [[Cymbal]]s and [[shehnai]] and other instruments like ''karadi'' and ''chamala'' are also used. The dance also involves a ritualistic piercing of a needle across the mouth<ref name="pierce">A brief description of Veeragaase is provided by {{cite web|url=http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1b.html|author=S.A.Krishnaiah, Chief Co-ordinator (Research Wing), Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, [[Udupi]]|title=Folk Arts - Music and Dance|work=Online webpage of Udupipages.com|publisher=2001, Shathabdi Graphics Pvt. Ltd., [[Udupi]]|access-date=2007-04-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070102054226/http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1b.html  |archive-date = 2007-01-02}}</ref>

==Notes==
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